We're joined by MSX superstar Wammes Witkop to hear the story of the computer platform that birthed classics like Metal Gear and Bomberman.
MSX Magazine archive: https://msxcomputermagazine.nl/
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Show notes:
Rare SNES SA1 Demo Found: https://bit.ly/2QxJFH7
Lego PS1: https://bit.ly/3hEf6ec
Dixons and PC World Names Going: https://bit.ly/3hIt7az
Dreamcast Handheld: https://ebay.to/3fA1tdn
Retro CGA Card: https://bit.ly/3v6ocnJ
Retro Gaming Shop of the week: Retro Games HQ, Swindon - https://retrogames-swindon.co.uk/
There was a passing reference to Lego Masters - in the recently finished season of Lego Masters Australia, in one episode the teams were asked to build a retro-style arcade game out of Lego.
Worth a look if you can get past the geo-blocking. https://www.9now.com.au/lego-masters/season-3/episode-9
I never understood how listings could have errors in then, but they sure did! Errate were regularly printed in following issues of magazines in the 1980s. Surely you were just printing a functional program that was loaded into memory? How could it have game breaking errors in it?!?!